They Were Once A DEAD PROGRAM (The Rise of Arkansas Football)
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- Arkansas football was a dead program and they were coming off one of the worst hires in CFB history in Chad Morris. Since then, Sam Pittman has saved the program and they have been America's team in 2021. Today we will talk about the rise & fall of Arkansas football and how this happened, enjoy!
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What happend to LSU. The rise of kentucky
johnathan crompton please
Rise of Kentucky
The rise of kentucky or smu
The Downfall of South Florida Bulls, Miami Hurricanes and the Florida State Seminoles.
Who's here after Arkansas became 7 - 3 and beating LSU in Death Valley and bringing the BOOT back home to Fayettville
I’m after we won all 3 trophy games
@@knoxcascio4101, 🏆🏆🏆
Better yet, who's here after Arkansas became 8 - 4 after losing to Alabama by only one touchdown, and bouncing back to bring the Battleline Trophy back to Arkansas after tromping Missouri. GO HAWGS!
@@reb1050 , Right here 🙋🏻♂️
@@reb1050 wps
It actually feels good to be a Razorback fan since we hired Pittman. The Chad Morris hire was worse than I initially thought. Brett was ok but ok isn’t good enough in the SEC. I really think that the Hogs are back on track even with the lost to Georgia.
Fr man I’ve been tired of all the losing streaks
@@heartless.oggggg Me too man. Hopefully we can bounce back against Auburn and finish the season strong.
@@ByronJackson5 I do too I hope we win Saturday
Even tho Arkansas is my team’s ( Ole Miss ) rival it feels good to have a change in power house teams. Maybe we will take the places of bama and Georgia
@@Racingchevy16 i hope ya can beat Alabama, they are weaker than they look.
Chad Morris for two years: "this is a rebuilding process; we need to get better players; we have to recruit players for our system. . . . "
Sam Pittman after two games (with no spring ball, no real summer program, and covid) "what did we say, men? All we need is who is on the plane. . . . Turn that damn jukebox on."
Boy you put this one right one point 😂 pitman won with 90 percent of chads players 😂
@@Scotty23 That's what no one is realizing!! Now Pittman is losing 29 of them and the 13 super seniors, and of course Burks to the NFL. They might be headed back to Morris type numbers again! How long will the fans tolerate paying him $7M a year with 3-5 wins a season??!!
@@madmax8949 you’re thinking about this the wrong way. We’re losing some people yeah, but if you’ve seen anything that’s been going on the last week you’ll be able to tell our future looks just fine
@@soraparent1256 Nah, it's all smoke and mirrors as usual. I'm old enough to remember Lou Holtz saying back in 1980 after the Hogs got thumped by Alabama in the Sugar Bowl that "we need to get bigger players, we got pushed around by Alabama." And now with the portal and all the movement of players it's only going to get harder to manage a program.
@@madmax8949 We seem to be doing pretty well with the portal.
We are now 8-4. Winning the Battle Line Rivalry 34-17 against Missouri. Sam Pittman should be SEC coach of the year.
The biggest twist of the knife for Chad was that the WKU QB that came in and shredded us was a former Arkansas QB that he benched.
Kelley right?
Ty story. Cole Kelley went to a DII School in Louisiana and won the DII equivalent of the Heisman.
Moral of the story. All quarterbacks that played under Morris went on to success as soon as they left his coaching.
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@@zachshackelford7969 yeah he was an absolute stud in high school when he played at Charleston
I made my comment before seeing this. Absolutely unreal.
I will admit that I was disappointed when we first hired Pittman, but man I will happily eat crow on this one. He is the man and he is basically just your friendly normal Arkansan who people love. We hit a home run with our sleeper pick.
@AustinCoker Not just you. We made that wannabe Athletic Director Julie Cromer eat crow.
@@sylvesteryoung2514 I wanted sam over Chad the first time. Hiring an assistant that cares is better than hiring a hc with a losing record just because he's a hc. Chad never made sense to me, but he could definitely recruit.
@@Zack-yl1qf yeah nail in the coffin was Morris went to a high school in Texas. High school was on an 80 something winning streak and chad Morris lost his first game coaching there
@@matthewthompson9632 Allen High School.
Arkansas is in the toughest division in the toughest conference in college football. The climb to get to Atlanta will be tall, but Pittman seems like a grinder.
4-2
@@k3aintwittalking873 Better than 2-10... two years in a row
@@k3aintwittalking873 thats still a very good record lmao
@@k3aintwittalking873 7-3 now
@@jovjerrr 7-4 after a tough loss against bama
And to believe we freakin held Alabama to a 7 point win, and are bowl eligible with the toughest schedule in the NCAA
Love this video! Im a member of the Razoeback pom squad and watching this program absolutely transform from my freshman year in 2019 to this year as been the best experience! Sam is really such an incredible coach and the fans can really tell he cares for the hogs. READY FOR TBAT BOWL GAME!
No one saw us finishing third in the SEC West this year. Really awesome to finally have a good season as a Hog fan.
This video was well made, and I enjoyed watching it through. I can tell you put time into it.
It was a loooong decade between the Petrino Motorcycle Club days, (the world's LONGEST April Fool's joke), and today. Thank God for the Pitt Boss! And thank you for this video!
Feels Good Man. We've been lost in the woods since Bobby got on his bike, and now there's some hope that it'll finally get better. 7-4 currently and believe that we're on the rise from there.
Bobby Petrino has left every team he coached in chaos.
You should follow up with what Arkansas did in November knocking off Mississippi State, LSU, losing a tight game to Bama and thumping Missouri and Drinkwitz.
You missed the 🤡 John L Smith hire following Bobby P. that added to the decade of heartache. It’s probably best forgotten. It starts from the top down. Thank goodness we replaced BOT & JCP w/ Yurachek as AD.
All Arkansas primary sports programs are now in top #25. Great video….🐗🏈💪🏻
I remember watching John getting off the plane at XNA that was cover by the channel 5 news. All the hype that was for Smith during 2012 was over-the-top. When the dust settled and the season ended, Smith was sent packing!
Remember this nonsense of "Smile" I wanted to punch in right the face over and over again.
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@@bubbie3533 I would have killed to have John L. back during the Morris reign of terror.
@@bitterbob30 hilarious but true. 🤘😂
@@bubbie3533 SMILE!
@@ninjaphobos I'm still smiling all these years later. 😂
Good video, thanks from this Hog fan. I was a bit skeptical of Pittman, but he wanted the job which means a lot. The Hogs are 7-4 and I think they’ll get the home win to close out the regular season 8-4. It truly is an incredible story and I wonder what heights Sam can lead the program to. Go Hogs!
If they finish 9-4. It would be the story of the year after there record the previous 3 years.
Hey Scott, you talk about Chad Morris and Bret Bielema in your video, but let us not forget about John L. Smith in 2012 (WHAT A JOKE!). Moreover, getting rid of Jeff Long as the athletic director was long overdue. Being from Arkansas and attending at the U of A, the pride from the entire state runs deep for the football program. The fans in Arkansas are extremely loyal and get behind the team every year. WPS!
Man, I have been a hogs fan my whole life it’s so great to see that we can actually win now! Sam Pittman I love you man! 🙏
I miss watching when Ryan mallet was qb idk why but those ark teams were super fun to watch
Winning with high power offense, so some idiot decided to go with smash mouth and try that... stupid... what Patrino proved is that fast and high powered can win here.... who ever decided to change that vision needs run out on a rail because they are the ones that cost this run of bad, bad teams.
Well you would get tired of him really fast when he is your offensive coordinator lol
as an smu fan, i was PISSED that chad morris left as soon as we got decent, he used us as a stepping stone to get to the sec, and one of the most popular football programs ever, annnd then i saw what he did and all was right in the world.
Am a UGA but when he was there loved him great energy
8-4 after being 4-20 those two years not counting Covid season is beyond impressive
Is there a follow up. I'm a die hard Razorback fan and thought we'd win 5 games. I'm so happy they exceeded my expectations and the young men love Coach Pittman!
This program will never die. To much pride and a lot of money. Talent was there not the coaching.Scott roll into the 'ville and see what's there.
It’s about time for an update!
As a hog fan from birth Sam Pitman has exceeded my expectations not only with his hires but how the turn around has gone. I look forward to our future on the hill and look forward to seeing you do another video. WooPig!!
I'm glad someone pointed out the fake rivalry that the SEC is trying to push on us. The Hogs rivaly is an SEC West school named LSU, which should STILL be played the day after Thanksgiving.
It's important to note that current Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek did NOT hire Morris. After former AD Jeff Long was fired for incompetence, associate AD Julie Cromer-Peoples was allowed to hire the next AD by the UA Board of Trustees. Huge mistake! She is the one who picked Morris, and then promptly fled to Ohio U. Good riddance. Yurachek inherited Morris, saw the division within the locker room, and made the decision to can Chad with two games left in 2019. Lane Kiffin was Yurachek's first choice, but when Kiffin's sports manager, Sexton, tried to start a bidding war between Arkansas and Ole Miss, Yurachek walked away and chose Pittman.
What a great pick! Sam has said that Arkansas would be his first and only head coaching stop, and he has turned around the program! The players absolutely love him!
And now, it looks like Kiffin very well could be leaving Ole Miss for Miami. I'm not surprised. He's a jumper. If he would use Tennessee to go to USC, he'll definitely use Mississippi to go anywhere else!
Chad Morris made me forget about Bobby Petrino's wreck, John L Smith, and Brett Bielema. I thought there was no way we could get lower, but Jeff Long proved us wrong. Hunter Yuracheck made a homerun hire in Sam Pittman.
Same ol Hogs looks like .
That #8 ranking was ridiculous !
You should do a refresh on Arkansas, seeing how they ended the season
If you want to get technical, we have 3 Walk ons on the Arkansas defense. Imagine the strength of Barry’s future Defensive players
Great video. You forgot probably the worst part of it all: In 2018, a lot of fans blamed our misfortunes on our "overrated" QB Ty Storey. He transferred to another school after the abysmal 2-10 record, and many had higher hopes for the 2019 season. Fast forward to November, and we get absolutely blown out at home by Western Kentucky. Their QB? Ty Storey.
I don't know a single fan who blamed Ty. We were all pissed that he kept getting rotated out.
I think you're confusing him for Kelley
All in good time. Pittman is a great man, and gives 100% credit to other teams when they mess up (no b/s coach talk), the players love him, the people love him, and I believe he will be here for many years. He's a great recruiter who's hired great couches. He is one of the reason's Georgia's offensive line is so great, and was the assistant coach in 2019. He helped build that team to what they are now and just think what he's going to do here at Arkansas being as he just loves Arkansas and the program.. No one expected a 8-4 outcome, but here we are, pretty or not, It's there. Much better then many years before, and something great to see.
The rest of the country may have been scratching their heads when the Pittman hire was announced, but the vast majority of Razorback fans were pretty fired up. We knew it was a risky hire with his lack of head coaching experience, but we also knew he was a true Razorback and what did we have to lose? It's not like we could drop any further.
That was kind of my take on it. Pittman seemed to really just love every facet of being a razorback. That alone got me on board. When they asked him what had to change, he didn't talk players. He talked about culture and pride in being a razorback. He came in willing to coach whoever showed up to play. It was more important the razorbacks have pride in their tradition than it was to bad mouth former coaches or talk about what kind of players were needed.
Definitely think we will finish out 8-4 this year which is honestly better than anyone would have thought.
Well you called it!
Curious what the update to this video would look like now?
When Dam Pittman left Arkansas under Bielemma, he was quoted saying something to the effect that he wasn’t interested in being a babysitter. That whole issue was Bielemma’s drinking problem. I kept my reserve about him, but I was done after Costal Carolina. Barry Odom is also Mizzou Alumni. Played linebacker
Chad Morris was overpaid and a complete embarrassment for the UofA. We have a history of settling for coaches of this magnitude. Nutt had arguably the two best starting running back duo in College Football history in Felix Jones and Darren Mcfadden, and still managed to not win an SEC championship or the bowl game to Wisconsin. Nutt was a curse. Petrino had a good offense but no defense. Brett B was a disappointment. Morris was horrific. Sam Pitman seems pretty good so far but it's still early in his tenure. We'll see. KJ Jefferson is the best QB we've had since Matt Jones. Barry Odom isn't cutting it on defense lately unless he changes things up fast. Arkansas has always struggled to have a physical, big, fast defense of the likes of Alabama and Georgia. None of the coaches mentioned above have had that caliber of a defense at Arkansas. We simply just cant get that talent/recruits for defense it seems. We have Catalon and Williams this year and they definitely stand out. But as a whole, the defense is not impressive. We need better safties, linebackers, and a bigger more powerful defensive line. That's the key to a National Championship. Go Hogs!
to be fair, we got screwed in the SEC Championship against Florida in 06. definitely should have won. marc curles gave florida that game. and if we would have won that we most likely would have gone to national championship
Now they are accepting an invite to the Outback Bowl.
I think the real difference is that the players admire and respect the Coach. He brings a lot of savvy to the game. He almost beat Bama. That would have been a crowning achievement.
I got an idea you should do the rise and fall of mark richt at UGA
Heck yeah man! Woo Pig! Great video. I love all of your stuff man, good content right here.
Glad you enjoy it!
Satisfied with the rebuild and hopeful for the foreseeable future for Arkansas Football. Go Hogs
Update, Ark now 7-4 after losing to Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama, and Auburn, 2 of those should have been wins but yay for refs. And we only lost to Bama by 7. This team is so much better than before and I can't wait to see how they do in the next few years
I was at the Mississippi state game in 2019 and was able to sit right behind the hogs bench since there were only about 500 people there but when they would come off the field they would go sit on the bench and drink water. I never once saw any player or coach talking or going over anything the entire game. It was like they only showed up because they had too. Absolutely embarrassing happy it’s better now
Listen to me as this is a fact: Drink was never in contention for this job. He received a courtesy interview. That. Is. All.
Exactly. Which is why he is so bitter about it to this day. He is a clown. 🤡
You should do an update on this now that the regular season is over.
Reggie Herring, John L. Smith, Bert Buhleema, and Chad Morris ALL had a part in trashing the HOG program. Even Houston Nutt had some ridiculous losses in Bowl games.
I wanted Pittman before they Fired Morris. I saw his impact as a line coach. We needed a guy that could win in the trenches. So far it looks pretty good
Just a side note…we were in between ADs when Morris was hired, so he was actually chosen by the Board of Trustees…we now have Hunter Yurachek and he has hired Eric Musselman for basketball and Pittman for football…he deserves as much credit as anyone for turning both programs around!!
No reason Missouri can't be good again either.
Dawgs
They are going to need several hundred million dollars of renovation across their entire campus before they get to where they need to be.
This program was never dead.... They were still recruiting tons of talent. They program has some of the best facilities. This team was asleep and was wakened up when Coach Pittman arrived. The team was just going through the motions during Chad's destruction. Definitely not a dead program. Jeff Long hired shit coaches. Ones that messed with women, drinking problems or were just right liars and frauds. Hunter is a blessing and Pittman too.
Agreed
Yup. A lot of fools don't get that.
I guess you think everyone is perfect who knows what these guys are doing whatever it is it's their business no ones perfect
The firing of Jeff Long and all of his former staff, started the road to redemption…I say staff because Julie Cromer Peoples was a Long minion and she hired Morris.
I love my Razorbacks! I know it's not easy for us being in the SEC, I just hope to one day beat Bama!
Im a realist that leans toward pessimism. I prepare for and expect the worst, but hope for the best. As a hog fan, my preseason prediction was 5-7 with wins against Rice, Georgia Southern, UAPB, Missouri, and Miss State. With big wins against Texas and A&M I'm 7-2 on my predictions so far. With that being said they have exceeded my expectations and my updated record prediction is 7-5 with losses to LSU and Bama. Although I believe LSU to be winnable, I don't get my hopes up.
rewatching this to maybe boost my morale after that a&m and bama loss.
In just two years Sam Pittman has done what Bilema, Smith, and Morris couldn't do- make fans believe. Living in Arkansas, the mood,culture and talk has changed. 8-4 might seem like a disappointment to some, but for us, its hope.
A lot of our fanbase wasnt alright with Pittman getting the job. That changed so quickly. He changed everything so quickly. In order to save a program like where we were at you needed someone who genuinely loved not just the program, but the state.
He will hold a place in our history like Bobby P.
This aged poorly.
What does the text say at the end of the video on the bottom left? Thanks!
'Lost 20 Straight Games'.
@@thadanzwiggler Alright. Again, just asked out of curiosity. You know, I think the losses to Texas A&M and the last three in that 20-game streak were probably the best!
Liked the video, but we had a head coach worse than Chad Morris during this Era lol.
Atleast Chad recruited the players we win with now.
Allow me to introduce you to John L. Smith haha
When I heard about John L. Smith we were still #8, and I told my wife "buckle up, this is going to be a disaster." I hate that I was right. DAMMIT BOBBY!
Saying the name Chad Morris in Fayetteville is like saying the name William Sherman in Atlanta.
Thanks for this channel
It's my pleasure
Arkansas wass number 3 wit bobby Petrino Alabama was 1 LSU was 2 And the hogs was 3
Razorbacks coaches are taking lower 3-4 star recruits and winning. Some of these players would be 5 star if they were playing for big boy schools. But the pros know who can play.
Exactly.
No program is ever really "dead". Winning comes in cycles; people just have to be patient. Bammer's been on a winning wave (absolutely no pun intended) for a while, but it'll come to an end. A&M has proved that Nick and Co. aren't invincible. Anyway, Arkansas is coming back. Kudos to the die-hards who stick with them.
I think some programs are dead😂. Rather it be lack of funding talent region etc some schools just can’t recover.
We have an EXTREMELY tough schedule for 2022 but we are looking strong!
Time for an Arkansas update. At the end of week 11 they are 7-3 after a narrow 3 pt loss to Ole Miss at The Grove
and another day of one sided officiating favoring Auburn (again!!). They even took out LSU in Death Valley 16-13 with kicker Cam Little getting two SEC player awards for his 3 of 3 boots through the up rights. With Alabama in Tuscaloosa this Saturday and Mizzou in Fayetteville the next and last regular season game, the Razorbacks stand a great chance to go 8-4 this year in a Sam Pittman Cinderella team makeover! WPS!! Hello Larry the BOWL-ing ball.
Now TURN THAT DAMN JUKE BOX ON!!
I think the arkansas football record will be 9-4
It sucks cuz if u think about it Arkansas is an auburn win, a two point conversion to beat ole miss, and a touchdown and two point conversion to beat Alabama away from being playoff contenders. Maybe a couple touchdowns in the Georgia game. Super happy with what Pittman has done, but man, would love to have the auburn and ole miss games back. If we could have just pulled those out we would easily be in a New Years six bowl.
I wished you waited till after this weekend to make this, Arkansas proved itself in the second half of the season
Georgia didn't expose us they are flat out better than anybody that defense is nasty
NEVER “dead”.
Only down.
RISEN - again!
Watching this 8/31/2022 looking forward to what could be a wonderful year for the hogs. Pittman has proven to be the right fit for us and I hope he stays for a while and we get used to being a top 10 program AGAIN! I'm
68 and grew up watching them and Texas in the old SWC. WPS!!!!!
When Pittman worked under bielema I actually was on the crew that mowed his lawn once a week. Pittman would always bring the guys (not me I was 19) Coors light when we finished.
I think and also thank the ex-players for getting Pittman back at Arkansas. Dan Skipper, Frank Ragnow and a few more wrote letters to the AD...KJ and many off the team were recruited By CM mostly his staff. No leadership and being told constantly that they needed to be upgraded with younger more talented players. Unprepared talented athletes still lose 18 out of 22 games. Hurts saying it even. We only have 1 SEC win this year so far ....number 2 this weekend?
AD Jeff Long killed the program, fired Petrino for slap on the wrist offense, hired Bi-lama over nice letter, then wanted a fired LSU coach to replace him.
Us Hogs fans love us some coach Pitt!
Rebirth would be more accurate with Sam Pittman leading the way for Arkansas.
We just died again. We played Liberty and lost.
We're not dead. However, had Kansas completed the comeback, it might be a different conversation.
Arkansas reminds me a lot of Mizzou. They underperform considering they are the only D1 football program in the state and should be getting the state's top recruits. This goes for football and basketball both. I don't understand why these schools aren't perennial powerhouses in at least one of those sports.
Arkansas doesn’t really produce d1 talent. Maybe 2-3 guys every year are d1 good and a lot of years we have 1 guy that can play at the sec level in our state. Hogs actually have been consistently solid for decades but the stink of petrino and two bad hires ended up becoming the worst 4 year stretch in the programs history.
7-3 and still moving. Bowl bound.
If the Sec was not rigged. Like if they did not give us Georgie before old miss and alburn. We could only have 1 loss. Cause we were not 100 percent healthy. If we did go get Georgia on our schedule we could be undefeated. Really ty sec for giving us the hardest schedule for 2 years In a row. But still great season WPS
America: “No one can save Arkansas football.”
Sam Pittman: “Hold my jukebox and watch THIS!!”
Sam Pittman was on the staff at UNC when I was there. So was chuck Pagano 😂 our staff was loaded. Coach Pittman worked under Butch Davis for a number of years.
That’s nuts!
Noone remember John L Smith calling us the great state of Alabama?
I'm a live by the hog ball die by the hog ball kind of fan. The 2012 to 2020 era I only missed a game because I was in Air Force Basic Military Training in 2015. What we have now is great but we are still after a natty. Before Sam that seemed like a delusional dream. Now we can seriously compete on any given saturday.
Hopefully leipold can do something similar at KU. Not looking great so far
Well y'all are only 2-8, but a win over Texas must feel good
Tell Sam Pittman to turn that damn jukebox on!!!
His name is Chode Morris
Belima was alright then he fell off hard at the end. Chad Morris looked way better on paper than he turned out and that one still stings😅 Sam Pittman is the man keep that Georgia line in mind and look at Arkansas year after next when it will be a team full of Pittman recruits
Fire Bert!
I think we keep getting fucked by officials. Two years in a row against auburn and some god awful calls in the Alabama game. How much different would this season look with one 2 point conversion being successful?
Coach was God sent
8-4, love it!!!!!
Do you remember when the sec west had the top 3 teams in the nation. Hogs being one of those teams.
Arkansas is where UGA was roughly 5-6 years ago....they were on the road to coming back but would lose A big game or two every year and be knocked out...then A new coach..new energy..I can see Arkansas challenging for the west in the years to come.
On reddit, if you read the words 'Chad Morris', it's almost always preceeded by the word 'Fuck'
After seeing Arkansas and Ole Miss play along with the Texas A&M Alabama game. I believe Chad Morris and KJ Jefferson can take them in to beat Alabama. The Ole Miss game was a damn good game in the Arkansas Razorbacks have nothing to be ashamed of. They work their butts off. And if I was a coach I would’ve went with the two pointInstead of the field-goal also.
Not Chad Morris. Sam Pittman
If they beat alabama I'm driving to Fayetteville to storm the field
Sorry I meant to say Sam Pittman. My mistake